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2. Adding validation to strongly typed configuration objects in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I describe how to to verify your strongly typed configuration objects are correctly bound to your configuration at app startup…

   July 10, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Configuration
3. Building ASP.NET Core apps on both Windows and Linux using AppVeyor

   In this post I show how to take an existing appveyor.yml file and update it to allow building of .NET Core apps cross-platform using Windows and Linux…

   June 26, 2018 in ASP.NET Core DevOps NuGet .NET Core
4. Writing logs to Elasticsearch with Fluentd using Serilog in ASP.NET Core

   In this post, I describe how to customise the output of the Serilog Console sink so that you can pipe your console output to Elasticsearch using Fluentd.…

   June 20, 2018 in ASP.NET Core DevOps Logging Docker
5. Suppressing the startup and shutdown messages in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how to disable the startup messages shown in the console when you run an ASP.NET Core application using WebHostBuilder or HostBuilder.…

   June 12, 2018 in ASP.NET Core 2.1 ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 1.1 HostBuilder Logging Docker
6. Exploring the .NET Core 2.1 Docker files (updated): dotnet:runtime vs aspnetcore-runtime vs sdk

   In this post, I look at the various Docker base images available for .NET Core 2.1 development, how they differ, and when you should use each of them.…

   June 05, 2018 in Docker Docker Hub DevOps ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 .NET Core
7. Setting ASP.NET Core version numbers for a Docker ONBUILD builder image

   In this post I show how you can pass arguments (such as a build/version number) to a base Dockerfile when using generalized builder images that use ONBUILD.…

   May 22, 2018 in Docker DevOps .NET Core ASP.NET Core Versioning Docker Hub